The customary period an executor has before beneficiaries can press for distribution. An expectation rather than a deadline.
The Canadian position
Beyond it, unexplained delay may support an application to pass accounts.
Tax clearance commonly makes a year realistic rather than lazy.
The Islamic position
The fixed shares apply to the net estate after funeral expenses, debts and any bequest capped at one third.
Where a Canadian mechanism has no classical counterpart, treat it as a contemporary question for a scholar rather than assuming an answer.
The four Sunni schools are not recorded as differing materially on this point in the sources reviewed. Where your own case turns on it, put it to a scholar of your school.
General information, not legal or religious advice. Inheritance depends entirely on the exact family circumstances. Confirm the Canadian position with a lawyer in your province and any religious ruling with a qualified scholar.
Citations & sources
Every factual claim on this page traces to one of the references below. Legislation and dollar thresholds change — verify against the primary source before relying on any figure.
- Research Papers — Cambridge Muslim College
- Research — Cambridge Muslim College
- Academics — Islamic law and theology curriculum — Zaytuna College
- Encyclopaedia of Islam — Brill
- Apply for probate of an estate — Government of Ontario
- Estate Administration Tax — Government of Ontario
- Estates Act, RSO 1990, c E.21 — Government of Ontario
- What to do when someone has died — Canada Revenue Agency
- Income Tax Act, RSC 1985, c 1 (5th Supp) — Justice Laws Canada
- Executor sell personal property estate ontario — Treadstone Law
- How to choose an executor ontario — Treadstone Law
- Executor dealing with debts ontario — Treadstone Law
- Executor self dealing conflict of interest ontario — Treadstone Law
- Executor refusing role ontario — Treadstone Law
- How to prepare estate accounts ontario executor — Treadstone Law
- Wills & estates practice — Treadstone Law